Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is an image of a house once occupied by George Washington and
before that by King William IV of England when he was a boy. The
house is in Germantown, a area of northwest Philadelphia. This
photograph was taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards in 1859.
Richards photographed many different locations in Philadelphia,
and was especially interested in Germantown. To see a bigger version
of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Philadelphia
Library, which was on the corner of 5th Street and Library Street,
between Chestnut and Walnut St. The original building, which you
see here in a photograph by Frederick de Bourgh Richards, was
finished in 1860. It was demolished in 1880, but a replica was
built in the 20th Century, to be occupied by the American Philosophical
Society. To see a bigger version of this picture, please click
on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is an image of the house of William Penn. Penn founded the city
of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania in the 1690's. This
house stood on Second St. This photograph was taken by Frederick
De Bourgh Richards in August, 1854. Richards
photographed many different places in Philadelphia. His pictures
are important to us today, because many, such as this one, show
buildings which are no longer standing. Without pictures like
this we wouldn't know what these places looked like. To see a
bigger version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs
by Richards click
here. To get back to the last, please
click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is an image of the first mint in the United States which was located
on Juniper St. between 13th and Broad Sts.. A mint is a place
that makes money and coins to be used by the country's population.
This mint began operating in 1792 as a part of the new independence
of the United States after the war with Great Britain. The US
Mint is now located between 4th and 5th Sts.. This picture was
made by John Caspar Wild as a part of a series of images he published
in 1838 called Views of Philadelphia
and Its Vicinity. To see a bigger
version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more views by Wild, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is an image of the Fairmount Water Works. These water works are
located in Fairmount Park, on the east (right on the map) bank
of the Schuykill River. They are right behind the present location
of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which you will see later. The
water works, built in the early 1800's, supplied running water
to the city. This image is a hand-colored engraving. It is made
like other engravings, but after the ink has been gathered off
the metal plate onto the paper., the artist uses ink, paint or
water-color to color the picture. This image can be found at the
American Philosophical Society. To see a bigger version of this
picture, please click on the image or here. To see more pictures like this one from the
American Philosophical Society, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is an image of the Pennsylvania Hospital which was located on
Pine St. at 8th Street and it was founded in 1755. This image
is a hand-colored engraving by William Strickland, who was both
an artist and and architect. Strickland did a number of pictures
of various places in Philadelphia. Many picture of Philadelphia,
like this one, may be found at the American Philosophical Society.
To see a bigger version of this picture, please click on the image
or here. To see more images from the American Philosophical
Society, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This image is an engraving of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts as it appeared in the 1800's. It was
made by the artist Cephas Grier Childs in 1828 as a part of a
series of pictures of Philadelphia he did called Views in Philadelphia and its Environs, from
original Drawings taken in 1827-30.
(They sure had long names for books back then didn't they ?!)The
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts was founded to assist in the
training of artist by Charles Wilson Peale. this building was
designed by the Philadelphia architect John Dorsey. To see a bigger
version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images from Childs' book click
here. To get back to the last page,
please click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the University
of Pennsylvania as it appeared in the 1800's. It was made by the
artist Cephas Grier Childs between 1827 and 1830 as a part of
a series of pictures of Philadelphia he did called Views in Philadelphia and its Environs, from
original Drawings taken in 1827-30.
(They sure had long names for books back then didn't they ?!)
This building was first occupied by the university in 1800. The
building was originally intended as a house for the Second President
of the United States, John Adams, but Adams refused to live there,
so the University bought it. The University has since moved to
the west of this location (9th and Market Sts..), and occupies
many buildings from around 32nd St. to 40th St. To see a bigger
version of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images from Childs' book click
here. To get back to the last page,
please click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Merchants'
Exchange Building which was built in 1834 and designed by the
artist and architect William Strickland. The building was meant
to function as a center from the growing business activity of
Philadelphia in the early 1800's. This picture was made by John
Caspar Wild as a part of a series of images he published in 1838
called Views of Philadelphia and
Its Vicinity. To see a larger version
of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more views by Wild, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is a picture of the Old Lutheran
Church which stood at the corner of 5th and Cherry Sts. This engraving
is one of a series of twenty-eight done by William Birch and his
son Thomas from 1798-1800, called The
City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America:
as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates. Birch was one of the most important of a number
of artists who made images of the city of Philadelphia at around
this time, as it grew into a major city. To see a bigger version
of this picture, please, click on the image or here. To see more images by Birch, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is an image of the Alms House
which stood on Spruce St. at 10th Street. An almshouse is a place
where care and money are give to the poor and homeless of a city.
This building was opened in October 1767 to replace the earlier
almshouse which had become overcrowded. This engraving is one
of a series of twenty-eight done by William Birch and his son
Thomas from 1798-1800, called The
City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, North America:
as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates. Birch was one of the most important of a number
of artists who made images of the city of Philadelphia at around
this time, as it grew into a major city. To see a bigger version
of this picture, please click on the image or here. To see more images by Birch, click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.

Sorry,
but you took a wrong turn. This is a photograph of a school house
taken by Frederick De Bourgh Richards. Does this look like where
you go to school? This school house was located on Juniper St.,
which is between Broad and 13th Sts. This photograph was taken
by Frederick De Bourgh Richards in January 1854. Richards photographed
many different places in Philadelphia. His pictures are important
to us today, because many, such as this one, show buildings which
are no longer standing. Without pictures like this we wouldn't
know what these places looked like. To see a bigger version of
this picture, please click on the image or here. To see other photographs by Richards click here. To get back to the last page, please click here.

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Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This is a picture of Carpenter's
Hall which is located on 4th Street between Chestnut and Walnut
Sts., taken by Robert Newell in the last half of the 1800's. Carpenter's
Hall was built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company
of the City and Count of Philadelphia. Founded in 1724 by the
master builders of Philadelphia, the Carpenter's Company is the
oldest surviving trade organization in the United States. It was
also here the the first Continental Congress met in 1774. Still
operated by this organization, and unlike many of the buildings
you have seen on your tour of Philadelphia, Carpenter's Hall remains
standing and can be seen today. To see a larger verion of this
picture, please click on the image or click
here. To see more images by Newell from this period, including
different views of Carpenter's Hall, click
here.

Sorry, but you took a wrong turn. This
is a picture of the Wissahickon Falls on the Schuykill River.
The falls, that light blue line running across the river, in the
picture are a famous landmark of Philadelphia. The falls are located
just a little farther up the river from the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. This hand-colored engraving can be found at the American
Philosophical Society. The American Philosophical Society is located
today in part of Independence Hall. Along with places like Academy
of Natural Sciences (which you've already seen) and the Library
Company, the American Philosophical Society was a part of the
rapid growth of Philadelphia in the 1700's, to become one of the
most important cities in America. It was founded by Benjamin Franklin
in 1743 with the intention of furthering the study of science
and technology. Among the distinguished members of the American
Philosophical Society was Thomas Jefferson, the Third President
of the United States. Aside from an important library, the American
Philosophical Society today has many pictures of Philadelphia.
To see a bigger version of this image, please click on the image
or here. To see these images click
here. To return to the last page, please
click here.